The leg is believed to belong to British climber Andrew Irvine, who disappeared near the summit of the world’s highest mountain in 1924.
A foot has been found on Mount Everest that may belong to a mountaineer who disappeared a hundred years ago Andrew Comey For Irvine.
For example, it tells about it National Geographicwhose climbers filming a documentary for the television channel found a foot on the world’s highest mountain in September. The foot with shoes and socks had been buried in the ice, but came out when the ice melted.
The foot is believed to belong to Irvine, as the name AC Irvine is written on the sock.
The documentary team was able to track down the foot when it happened to find an oxygen bottle with the year 1933 written on it. That year, a climber found an ice pick that belonged to Irvine on the mountain, and the team concluded that Irvine’s body might be nearby.
The documentarians explored the area for several days until they found a foot that had melted away from the ice.
The leg was delivered from the mountain to the Chinese authorities. According to National Geographic, Irvine’s relatives have promised to provide a DNA sample so that the identity of the deceased can be confirmed.
A camera could solve the mystery
More than 300 people have lost their lives while conquering the world’s highest mountain peak. The fate of climbers is, among other things, cold, avalanches and mountain sickness due to lack of oxygen.
British 22-year-old mountaineer Irvine tried to climb to the top of the world’s highest mountain with his climbing partner by George Mallory with in 1924. However, Irvine and Mallory disappeared on the mountain’s northeast slope after being seen alive only a few hundred meters from the summit.
Mallory’s body was found in 1999, but Irvine’s body has not been found before. However, Irvine has been diligently searched to find out if the couple ever made it to the top of Everest.
Irvine is believed to have had a camera with him. If found, its film could tell if the couple reached the top.
The success of Irvine and Mallory would change the history of mountaineering. According to current knowledge, the first person in history to reach the top of Everest was a New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepali-Indian Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
If Irvine and Mallory had succeeded, they would have already conquered the peak 29 years earlier.